Bushing



Dec. 3Q, 1930. E, COOPER 1,786,826

BUSHING Filed Nov. 27, 1928 .40 skirt is arranged in a Fatah-ted Dec.3d, 193% EARL COQPER, F DECATUR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB T0 CHAMBERS,BEBIN'G, QUINLAN QOMI'ANY, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OFILLINOIS sesame Application filed. November 27, 1928. Serial No.322,172.

perforated ears for receiving a sealing w1re.:

The main object of the invention is to provide a bushing having earsformed integrally therewith, which bushing is formed by the forginprocess and the ears thereof stamped from t e flashing.

In order to understand the invention, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings illustrating the" same, and the novel featuresthereof wlllbe distinctly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the several views of the drawings, similar characters of referenceare used to indicate corresponding parts.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of abush ing constructed in accordancewith my invention and applied to the head of a barrel,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 illustrates a pair of bushings with the flashing as forged inaccordance with this invention, and

F ig.4 is a cross sectional view, taken on line H of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the end wall of a metallicbarrel having a circular opening Said bushing is made by the forgingprocess and consists of a body 3 having a circular horizontal flange 4and a depending skirt.5. The bushing is provided when forged with aninternal opening 6, which is threaded, as

indicated-at 7, for receiving a plug 8. The flange 4 of the bushing isadapted to rest upon the end wall 1 of the barrel, and the skirt 5thereof fits into the opening 2 and is bent over at 9 by using a highspeed hammer, said osition outwardly of and beyond said threa s, and theopening of the bushing is enlar ed at its upper end 10 as indicated at11. n fixing the bushing to the barrel, the upper end 10 of the bushingis supported upon an anvil, and the blows ofv the hammer strike theskirt 5. As the threads 7 are beyond the area of hammering, no damage'tothe threads occurs.

In the forging of the bushing, a flashing 5Q caused by the metal. beingsqueezed out be- 2 therein for receiving the bushing.

tween the dies, as indicated at 12, is left. At the'same operation ofcutting away the flashing from the flange 4, ears 13 are formed fromsaid flashing. The ears 13 are curved up-' wardly and provided withopenings indicated by 14 for receiving a sealing wire indicated by 15,which wire also passes through an opening 16 of a lateral lug 17 of theplug 8, to furnish means of detection by unauthorized removal of saidplug. The ears 13 are flat when formed,,but being malleable, may becurved upwardly as shown in Fig. 1 for convenience to permit insertionof the sealing wire, and afterwards said ears may be bent back again totheir flat position to prevent accidentally being broken off in shippingthe barrels.

From the foregoing, it is readily seen that providing the bushing withsealing ears in accordance with the invention adds comparatively nothingto'the cost of manufacture, and

that this forged bushing may be quickly and economically applied to thehead of a barrel without danger of injuring the internal threadsthereof. It will be understood, that slight changes in the details ofconstruction of the bushing may be made within the scope of the claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A container bushing comprising in combination a body, an integralflange thereon in contact with the outer surface of the container wall,one or more normally upturned ears integral with the flange andprojecting from the plane of'the flange, being an extension thereof andmade of material possessing flexible characteristics; said ears eachprovided with ahole therein transverse to the plane of the ear.

2. s A container bushing comprising in combination a body, an integralcontainer engaging flange thereon, one or more relatively thin normallyupturned ears integral with said flange being a continuation thereofandmade a i of material having flexibility for bending themup and down;said ears having trans} verse holes therein. p 3. In a container bushingthe combination of a body, a horizontal integral flange for en-L gagingthe outer surface of the wall of the container, an integral skirtdepending from the body below the flange for engaging the inner surfaceof the container wall, and one or more relatively thin normally upturnedears formed integrally with said flange being a continuation thereof andmade of metal possessing flexibility, said ears extending from theperiphery of said flange and above the lower surface thereof, the earsbeing provided with holes extending transversely therethrough forreceiving a sealing wire.

4. In a barrel bushing having a body, ahorizontalflangeintegralwiththebody andaskirt depending from said bodybelow the level of said flange; said flange adapted to engage the outerbarrel surface said skirt being relatively thin and adapted to be bentover to grip the wall of the barrel up against said lower surface of theflange; one or more relatively thin ears formed of metal havingflexibility, formed integrally with said flange and being a continuationthereof; said ears normally upturned and extending beyond the peripheryof said flange and above the lower surface thereof, and each providedwith a transverse hole therein for receiving a sealing wire.

5. In a container bushing the combination of a body, a horizontalintegral flange therefor adapted to rest upon the container wall, anintegral skirt depending from the body below the level of the flange,one or more relatively thin normally upturned ears formed of metalhaving flexibility and integral with said flange being a continuationthereof projecting beyond the periphery of the flange, each ear providedwith a transverse hole through it; said body being provided also with anopenin iextending therethrough, said opening in the Ody-threaded forreceiving a plug and being smaller in diameter than the inner diameterof said skirt to prevent injury to the threads in the bending over ofsaid skirt when securing the bushing to the wall of the container.-

6. In a container bushin of a body, an integral horizontal flan e forengagin the container, an integral re ativel th1n s irt depending fromthe body below the flange, and one or more relatively thin normallyupturned ears formed integrally with said flange being a continuationthereof and projectin beyond the normal peri her thereof and ormed ofmetal having exib e characteristics for bending the ears up and down;said ears having transverse holes therein.

7. In a container bushing having a flanged and skirted'body forcontacting with the container wall; said body provided with a cen-' tralthreaded hole extending therethrough; one or more normally upturnedrelatively thin ears formed of flexible material and each provided withtransverse holes therein;

the combination said said ears projecting beyond the periphery of saidflange of the body.

8. In a container bushing having a body provided with a central hole: anintegral flange encompassing the body and engaging the container wall,one or more integral rel atively thin ears formed of flexible materialand each provided with holes extending transversely therethrough andprojecting outwardly and normally upwardly from said flange peripherybeing a continuation thereof, a relatively thin skirt integral with.said body and depending downwardly from said body below the level ofsaid flange.

9. A container bushin comprising in integral combination, a body, arelatively thin annular skirt depending therefrom, an annular containerwall engaging flange about the body and above the level of the skirt andone or more normally upturned ears integral with said flange projectingbeyond the periphery thereof and being a continuation thereof; said earsformed of material having flexible characteristics and each providedwith a hole transverse to the plane of the ear; said body having acentral threaded hole therein for receiving a threaded plug in thecontainer.

10. In combination with a container having an opening in the wallthereof, a bushing including a body, an integral annular skirt dependingtherefrom for securing said bushing through said container wall, anintegral annular flange encompassing the body of the bushing above thelevel of said skirt for overlapping and engaging said container wall andone or more relatively thin normally upturned ears integral with saidflange formed of. flexible material and projecting beyond the peripheryof the flange; said ears each provided with a hole extendingtransversely therethrough for engaging sealing means thereto.

11. In a container bushing having a body, a relatively thin. integralskirt depending down from said body and an annular integral outwardlyprojecting flange above the skirt for engaging the container wall; oneor more normally upturned ears formed of material having flexibility andintegral with said flange being a continuation thereof beyond the normalperiphery thereof; each of said ears provided with a transverse holetherei to engage sealing means thereto I 12. ,A container bung bushingfor engaging a container wall through a hole therein comprising abushing body havin a central hole, an integral depending s irt thereofadapted to extend through said hole in the container wall and be pressedup beneath the container wall about the hole therein for enga ing saidwall, a flange integral with ushing'body and normally engaging the outersurface of the container wall, one or more relatively thin normallyupturned

